#older white passing femme golden child and younger brown skinned tomboy with a big mouth.

[atopvisenyashill]

that post about asoiaf artwork and dark skin makes me think about those ar/ya stans on here that threw a bitch fit in the last few days over some artists drawing her with 'darker' skin while drawing Sansa with lighter skin. so they accused the artists of racism while simultaneously implying that ar/ya looks worse in the artwork as opposed to Sansa because the artist gave her darker skin......which is literally racist and colorist as shit? honestly can't imagine stanning a 10 year and being this weird and bitter on tumblr dot com but anyway

that is INSANE OMG i’m glad i missed that completely

It’s like yeah sure, i think when george was coming up with the “northern look” that northern “coloring” he was thinking of was more similar to the way that like, a lot of welsh people have dark hair and a sort of, olive-tan coloring to their skin (think catherine zeta jones or ioan gruffudd) that makes them look darker than your average brit but usually in a “maybe they’re spanish?” kind of way rather than a “that’s a person of color” kind of way.

but death of the author, first of all, and second of all, depending on what your baseline is, “darker” coloring can look way darker in my imagination than in yours! and that “northern” coloring is vague enough that like, there’s a lot of poc who see parts of themselves in northern culture and explore that, and the Joy Of Reading is that we all see these characters differently!! me going “the starks are indigenous it’s the law” has no actual consequences for the series, someone else’s reading experience, or the fandom at large!! you can literally just block and move on if you’re that dedicated to being a loser weirdo?!?

also it’s funny that her fandom, specifically, is a breeding ground for the worst, most blatantly bigoted takes in the fandom aksjd like people will be like “oh arya is better than the other girls” arya actually loves and supports other women in canon “arya is the prettiest actually” arya herself doesn’t care about being pretty in canon “arya is gonna be a princess in a pretty castle and marry a lord” arya in canon explicitly says she doesn’t want to do that tho “arya is my lily white fave” one of arya’s besties is dornish icon edric dayne be SILENT ON WHAT ARYA IS BC U JUST WANT HER TO BE EXACTLY WHAT SHE HATES.

#people will say that she’s gonna literally attempt to murder sansa when they reunite but somehow will be besties with d.ny #GIVE ME A FUCKING BREAK #asks #fandom wank #anti asoiaf fandom #listen i love arya and sansa bc aesthetically they’re very similar to me and my sibling #older white passing femme golden child and younger brown skinned tomboy with a big mouth. #i see us and the way our relationship has changed over the years in them and dammit if i want to make arya visibly brown skinned i will!!! #and also my sibling would rather be a starving artist in some commie co op than get married EVER AKSKDJ #THATS WHAT I WANT FOR ARYA!!!!!!! I WANT HER TO BE THE GAY TRANSGENDER ANARCHIST SHE WAS BORN TO BE #meanwhile me and sansa need ac and access to a hot shower and a cinnamon roll 24/7 or we will literally die. #if u have a problem with arya being drawn with darker skin u r joffrey. he literally bitches about dornish people having brown skin. #congrats arya would not only hate you she’d whoop your ass with needle too